Improvement in railroad-car seats



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

STEPHEN BRIGGS HOLDEN, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA..

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILROAD-CAR SEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,652. dated August 25, 1363.

.T0- aZZ whom/.it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN B. HOLDEN, of Meadville, in the county of Crawford, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a. new and Improved Railroad-Car Seat; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

A is the bottom of my car-seat, (see Figure l), B, the back of the same, constructed in the usual manner.

C G C C O C are the supports, made of cast-iron, or any other suitable material. On these supports is a iiange, R R, to which is bolted the U-shaped spring E E.

D D D D are four supporters, attached t0 C C C C C C C by bolts,(shown at S S S S.) so as to move freely. These supports pass up above the cross-piece N, Fig. 2, and are attached to the seat-frame A by bolts at M M.

O O are two projecting stops to prevent D D from moving farther in either direction than is desired. The spring E E plays on the inside of the supports D D, keeping -them in a perpendicular position, and yet permitting the seat A, which rests entirely on the supports D D D D, to move backward and forward to accommodate itself to the jar or sudden stopping or starting of the car.

Fig. 2 is an end view of one end of my carseat, better showing the construction of the V STEPHEN B. HOLDEN.

Witnesses:

A. B. RICHMOND,

0. A. HoTCHKIss. 

